TINKER v. UNITED STATES

No. 21726.

417 F.2d 542 (1969)

Amos S. TINKER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1969.

Petition for Rehearing Denied April 11, 1969.

Certiorari Denied October 13, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John A. Shorter, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Sandor Frankel, Asst. U. S. Atty., of the bar of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. William M. Cohen, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before McGOWAN, TAMM and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied October 13, 1969. See 90 S.Ct. 141.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Under review in this case is a record featuring an undercover police officer and the chief defense witness as the principal figures other than appellant himself. The latter has been convicted of four violations of the federal narcotic laws1 stemming from two transactions in each of which, so a jury found, he sold capsules containing...

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